Terrain correcting Australian gravity observations using the national digital elevation model and the fast Fourier transform

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 555-562

  Kirby, J F ^a   Featherstone, W E ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Digital elevation model; Fast Fourier transform; Gravity; Terrain corrections

Indexed keywords

BOUGUER ANOMALY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FOURIER TRANSFORM; GRAVIMETRY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033177919     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.1999.00731.x     Document Type: Article

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